Scores feared dead as fuel tanker bursts into flame in Lagos

Scores of people  feared dead, while several others were wounded at Otedola –Berger Area of Lagos, as a tanker, said to be fully loaded with petroleum  was said to have burst into flame, in the area, destroying cars and injuring some occupants of the vehicles.

The cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained, an eyewitness told Nigerian Tribune that the driver of the tanker must have lost control while trying to ascend the Otedola Bridge when the vehicle developed fault and caught fire in the process.

The fire was said to have affected vehicles behind the tanker as over thirty vehicles were said to have been completely destroyed in the incident.

“Two fire fighters are presently on ground to quell the fire, while we are presently taking refuge at a nearby filling station. I have counted over thirty vehicles completely burnt in the process ” said the eye witness.